RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Endoscopic bougie and balloon dilatation of multiple bronchial stenoses: 10 year follow up.
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 933
OP 935
DO 10.1136/thx.46.12.933
VO 46
IS 12
A1 J B Ball
A1 J C Delaney
A1 C C Evans
A1 R J Donnelly
A1 C R Hind
YR 1991
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/46/12/933.abstract
AB This paper reports 10 year follow up data on four patients who underwent mechanical dilatation of multiple bronchial stenoses (sarcoidosis two cases, berylliosis one case, idiopathic stenoses one case). Two patients enjoyed symptomatic and physiological improvement during the nine years before they presented with a recurrence of stenosis. The other two had recurrences sooner, and improved only slightly after they had started prednisolone treatment.